Thanks everyone! How cool are those japanese castles in the link I posted?! I would love to try and tackle one of those without a 30 minute time limit.

Remus, you're right. I wish I would've really accentuated the flairing curves in my profile before I ran the Follow This tool. It would've made it look more Japanese and wouldn't have cost any more time. Perhaps I'll try another one.

You should be in movies, kid. (As a designer). Only you need a boat that goes with the theme, unless that is the boat of the intrepid explorers from our reality. It is also heeled over (against the wind?) and sailing a bit hard for the close quarters! Pick pick. I love the imagination and the images.

pbacot wrote:EM, Great work!. Make the last render more ghostly perhaps with some mist at the top.

The technique is very interesting. Could you explain the last statement some?

Peter, I use the Extrude Lines ruby quite a bit for fast modeling. What I use it for most is to create a parallel work plane when no drawing surface exists, then I delete the extra lines. i.e, below - I'd say Extrude Lines is probably my most used ruby, especially now that CADFather put it in his SCF Power Toolbar.

Could'nt pass up this challenge, here is my attempt (motivated by Adams model) a Chinese tower/castle.

I include details as how I did it using all components repeated.

This is not an entry but rather just a submission, too much ranting lately about rigged and bias towards the Mods so this will NOT be up for vote, and besides I went three minutes over the alloted time.

Solo, that is a great model. you used all the strengths of SketchUp to create a simple and clean, yet beautiful model. perfect amount of detail. I am very curious about the file size (must be tiny). I think it should definitely be included in the vote. I don't think there is a bias towards voting for moderators (or is Boo a moderator? ). for the 3 minutes overtime you get a minus point of course

BTM, beautiful castle. has a great Disney-Mushroom-Quality about it...

I wish thsi was a Speed Doodling Challenge. These I could DRAW in 30 mins or less, modeling. .. that's something else. I love sketching castle stuff. These are just some doodles I did a few years back. Maybe these could inspire some of you guys who are better at this stuff than moi.

Solo's entry shouldn't be allowed for the simple fact that it isn't in any way a castle. Him being a mod' and the three minutes over he went aren't a reason to exclude him, but not following the brief is.